Oasis.co.uk Appeal

rob · 03-04-2009, 03:57:43 PM

http://www.nic.uk/digitalAssets/3480...l_decision.pdf

Congrats to James

bensd · 03-04-2009, 04:01:59 PM

Great News! Quite amazing though when you go to the parked page and find 50% of the ads aimed at oasis clothing

doodlebug · 03-04-2009, 04:23:57 PM

Silly Oasis,fancy complaining about a generic name and then bidding on keywords Oasis.co.uk and .com

The fact that the current owner put $65,000 into the .com and .de must have helped a lot.

Good to see generics staying in the right hands.

They will have to make a nice offer if they want it or settle for Oasisfashion.co.uk which aint to bad.

Systreg · 03-04-2009, 04:29:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doodlebug

fancy complaining about a generic name and then bidding on keywords Oasis.co.uk and .com

And putting oasis.co.uk and oasis.com in the meta tags of their own websites html, as if to say, we own these or to draw in traffic related to those domains not owned by them, numpties

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By the way, who's James?

mojoco · 03-04-2009, 04:30:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bensd

Great News! Quite amazing though when you go to the parked page and find 50% of the ads aimed at oasis clothing

Great news indeed!

When you read the decision properly it is not as amazing as you might think

6.7 "The results of innocent PPC [pay per click] use changed – not because of any changes
made by me, but rather (confirmed by Imodo) because the complainant appears to
have purchased the domains ("oasis.co.uk" and "oasis.com") as keywords for its paid
advertising.

8.24
What that shows (amongst other things) is that coded into the Complainant's own web
site are a large number of 'metatags' under the 'meta name' section of the HTML
code. This section contains, for example terms such as 'oasis', 'spring collection',
'party dress', 'little black dress', ‘fashion trends' and so on. For present purposes
however what is significant is that it also contains the terms 'oasis.com', 'oasis.co.uk'
and 'oasis.net'.

a**holes!

Jeewhizz · 03-04-2009, 04:45:52 PM

Cracking result. I read the entire appeal, and it was like a rollercoaster "should we allow the evidence?" "should we disregard it?"

Good result for James, and hopefully will act as a good reference for other's out there who try similar!

Nigel · 03-04-2009, 06:48:49 PM

Well done James - It's a shame there's no costs awarded for all the hassle and expense this lot caused you.

I also had never heard of oasis clothing, but then I don't spend a lot of time in the High Street shopping for ladies clothing.

argonaut · 03-04-2009, 06:57:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nigel

Well done James - It's a shame there's no costs awarded for all the hassle and expense this lot caused you.

I also had never heard of oasis clothing, but then I don't spend a lot of time in the High Street shopping for ladies clothing.

You need to get out more and let your hair down, luv

domainseller200 · 03-04-2009, 07:14:12 PM

Absolutly fantastic outcome and one which was well deserved !

Well done James

woopwoop · 03-04-2009, 08:23:31 PM

Wow - that was an interesting read...

They need to get their act together oasis-stores.co.uk doesn't even resolve without the www.

Looks like they changed their metatags too. I wonder if BT are to blame for the metatag fiasco (their details are at the top of the page source):

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03-04-2009, 03:57:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
rob Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,593 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 31)	Oasis.co.uk Appeal http://www.nic.uk/digitalAssets/3480...l_decision.pdf Congrats to James

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doodlebug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: I am but a tadpole racing upstream against the salmon Posts: 1,179 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 9)	Silly Oasis,fancy complaining about a generic name and then bidding on keywords Oasis.co.uk and .com The fact that the current owner put $65,000 into the .com and .de must have helped a lot. Good to see generics staying in the right hands. They will have to make a nice offer if they want it or settle for Oasisfashion.co.uk which aint to bad. __________________ Domains for sale

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Jeewhizz Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,192 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 17)	Cracking result. I read the entire appeal, and it was like a rollercoaster "should we allow the evidence?" "should we disregard it?" Good result for James, and hopefully will act as a good reference for other's out there who try similar! __________________ UK Web Design & Development Airport Car Parking \| Business Help & Advice \| Critical Illness Insurance \| Smoothie Recipes \| Baby Name Books

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domainseller200 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: wales Posts: 1,208 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 35)	Absolutly fantastic outcome and one which was well deserved ! Well done James __________________ Louise Porter \| Fwitter \| Charlie Brooks \| Gemma Bissix \| Commercial Offices \| Tribal tattoos \| Cheap Holidays

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bensd Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 2,087 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 49)	Great News! Quite amazing though when you go to the parked page and find 50% of the ads aimed at oasis clothing

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Nigel Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 589 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 17)	Well done James - It's a shame there's no costs awarded for all the hassle and expense this lot caused you. I also had never heard of oasis clothing, but then I don't spend a lot of time in the High Street shopping for ladies clothing.

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